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Computer Science ATLAS talk - Learning from Disagreements

14:00 - 15:00 8 December 2021
Please join us for our forthcoming Atlas Talk (online) in Computer Science Joining details: https://zoom.us/j/98513350116 Passcode 910561 Title - Learning from Disagreements Speaker…

Covid-19 & the Useful Museum

17:15 - 18:15 8 December 2021
Online Event This seminar introduces research into the impact of Covid-19 on museums and galleries in the North East and North West of England, undertaken as part of a national research…

Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks

10:00 - 11:30 8 December 2021
Have an interest in climate science, economy, trade, demographics, health or international development? Want to know about and how to access data from the IMF, World Bank, IEA, UN or…

Decision Manchester

1 September - 31 December 2021
All students who successfully complete the Manchester Access Programme will be eligible to submit a MAP Decision Manchester application form to The University of Manchester. Submission…

Exchanges: Recent Additions to the Collection

2 July 2021 - 1 May 2022
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

Family Stargazing, Online!

18 November - 12 December 2021
Family Stargazing, Online! Thursday 18th November 6pm – 7pm Sunday 12th December 4pm – 5pm An opportunity for the whole family to explore our solar system and beyond from the comfort…

Finding and fixing greenhouse gas leaks: where humans disrupt the plumbing of the global carbon cycle

13:00 - 14:00 8 December 2021
Dr Joshua Dean from the University of Liverpool will present this week’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Seminar

GDI Lecture Series: Why we can now win on global financial governance

16:00 - 17:30 8 December 2021
Many of us have been working for decades to try to shift the architecture of global public finance, but have struggled to make only small changes. In 2021 the context has changed, making…

Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis

12 November - 10 December 2021
Longitudinal data is essential in a number of research fields as it enables analysts to concurrently understand aggregate and individual level change in time, the occurrence of events…

Michael Hofstetter - Extreme values of the sine-Gordon field

15:00 - 16:00 8 December 2021
Michael Hofstetter (University of Cambridge) will speak in the Probability seminar. In recent years there has been significant progress in the study of extreme values of log-correlated…

Outdoor Explorers

4 August 2021 - 17 August 2022
Whether you live in a city or town, countryside or seaside, you will find all sorts of nature on your doorstep. Just like the scientists and researchers who have collected and studied…

Philosophy Research Seminar: Dr Jessie Munton (University of Cambridge)

15:15 - 16:50 8 December 2021
This seminar will be taking place on campus, and in person, at Roscoe 2.3. If you are unable to come to campus, a zoom option will be available - please contact Dr Stephen Ingram to…

Rea Antoniou-Kourounioti -- North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences

13:00 - 14:00 8 December 2021
(via Zoom) Join us for this seminar by Rea Antoniou-Kourounioti (John Innes Centre) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the…

Social Statistics Seminars 2021/22

1 October 2021 - 30 June 2022
We are pleased to announce this year's Social Statistics Seminars. Our speakers: 12/10: Iris Gomez-Lopez (University of Michigan) 02/11: David Haziza (University of Ottawa) 07/12:…

Standardisation and Deviation: The Whitworth Story

2 July 2021 - 1 February 2022
Founded in 1889 through Sir Joseph Whitworth’s legacy, the Whitworth was established to honour one of Britain’s greatest mechanical engineers. A proponent of standardisation, Sir Joseph…

Steering ultrafast photochemical reactions with infrared excitation

13:00 - 14:00 8 December 2021
Join us for this PSI seminar with guest speaker Prof. Julia Weinstein. Light absorption in molecules initiates a plethora of reactions on the ultrafast timescale. Designing the ways…

Still Parents: Life after Baby Loss

24 September 2021 - 4 September 2022
Still Parents is the first exhibition of its kind, creating a platform to share personal stories open conversations and break the wall of silence that continues to surround baby loss.…

Suzanne Lacy: What kind of city? A manual for social change

26 November 2021 - 10 April 2022
The Whitworth presents the first major UK presentation of multiple works of US artist Suzanne Lacy, a pioneer of social practice and community organising for almost five decades. In…

Telescope Talks

25 September 2021 - 29 May 2022
Telescope Talks (weekends only) Times: 11am, 12pm, 2:15pm and 3:15pm Come and join one of our expert Explainers for a talk about the Lovell telescope. You’ll learn all about the fascinating…

Training Course on Visualisation & quantification of tomographic datasets

09:00 7 - 17:00 8 December 2021
A 2 day training course covering theory and computer-based practical works using the Thermo Scientific™ Amira-Avizo Software. Lab/synchrotron X-ray tomography has emerged as one of…

Applied Seminar - Jacquelyn Pless (MIT)

13:00 - 14:00 9 December 2021
Title: TBA

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Samuel J Rogers (Montreat College) ‘Nostalgic Nationalism, Political Ideologies, and the Bible: Quoting the Bible in American Black Lives Matters Discourse’

14:00 - 16:00 9 December 2021
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. All sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

Material potencies and dormant things - inaugural lecture by Professor Sophie Woodward

16:00 - 17:00 9 December 2021
Join us for Professor Sophie Woodward's inaugural lecture: "Material potencies and dormant things: expanding a vital sociology of the everyday" There is perhaps no more striking example…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr Katie Cross (University of Aberdeen) "Nones or Dones? A Theological Consideration of Church Leavers"

16:00 - 17:30 9 December 2021
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This is an online-only session. Please register to receive the Zoom link by emailing Dr Andrew Boakye.…

Urban Infrastructural Configurations with Brian Larkin

16:30 9 December 2021
We are running a 2021-22 Reading Group on urban infrastructural (re)configurations. We are interested in infrastructure and the everyday, focusing on the human-infrastructure interface.…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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